Zec 12:8-9 | JFB | STEP | 8. Jerusalem, however, also shall be specially strengthened against the foe. feeble . . . shall be as David —to the Jew, the highest type of strength and glory on earth ( ). angel of the Lord before them —the divine angel that went "before them" through the desert, the highest type of strength and glory in heaven ( ). "The house of David" is the "prince," and his family sprung from David ( ). David's house was then in a comparatively weak state.

Zechariah 12:8-9

8. Jerusalem, however, also shall be specially strengthened against the foe.

feeble . . . shall be as David—to the Jew, the highest type of strength and glory on earth (2Sa 17:8; 18:3; Joe 3:10).

angel of the Lord before them—the divine angel that went "before them" through the desert, the highest type of strength and glory in heaven (Ex 23:20; 32:34). "The house of David" is the "prince," and his family sprung from David (Eze 45:7, 9). David's house was then in a comparatively weak state.

9. I will seek to destroy—I will set Myself with determined earnestness to destroy, etc. (Hag 2:22).